For the Micro.blog people… Yet another mnml release (2.7.3) that optimizes for previously duplicated featured post home page code and refactors styles even more should be available for you shortly, if not already. ✌🏻
mnml
Updates, tweaks, and behind-the-scenes notes from my mnml theme work.
Another mnml Update
Saturday, September 6, 2025
A new version of mnml has been released that addresses a few items…
mnml: Pinned Post Feature
Monday, September 1, 2025
I added a cool new pinned post feature to mnml that keeps the latest post in a category of choice pinned to the top of your home page…
Some mnml Updates
Sunday, August 31, 2025
I was a little bored today, so I made some mnml updates…
I made some mnml related updates to both the theme and archive by year plugin that alphabetizes archive page categories and adds better styling for the archive year select menu.
A mnml teaser… How about a feature to display related posts based on category? Yeah? I thought so. Coming soon…
A new mnml theme update to v2.6.2 has been released that adds the new categories page “intro text” as well as refactoring some css styles. The update from your plugin page should be available soon, if it’s not already. Enjoy!
A minor mnml (2.6.1) update has been released in order to make the photos page on mobile devices look a bit better.
Back in the Saddle
Thursday, August 7, 2025
I’ve been a little quiet the past month or so, but I’m back with a mnml update and a new plugin for mnml’s archive page…
One final mnml theme update (v2.5.8) for a while. This one tweaks more css and optimizes a couple of templates. Nothing major, really. Just simple things I felt needed to be done. You should be able to update soon if not already.
Yet Another mnml Update
Saturday, June 7, 2025
The latest mnml theme update v2.5.7 introduces three new features: a RSS link toggle in the footer, read time display for titled posts, and dynamic copyright year range that adjusts based on blog post publication years.
Hot on the heels of last night’s mnml release, I’ve made some additional updates to fix some category related class output and add styling for the <figure> and <figcaption> html elements. Version 2.5.4 is the latest.
Another mnml Release
Saturday, May 24, 2025
The latest mnml theme update brings compatibility with the Micro.blog for macOS preview feature, and introduces icon support for navigation and titles, meaning you can now personalize your blog with Fontawesome and Phosphor Icons, making your design more dynamic and engaging.
A mnml Micro.blog theme update just dropped adding some cool features that have been requested by a few users…
For those who may not have seen it, mnml v2.4.4 released…
Changes for a mnml update are nearly complete and may drop by the weekend.
I also have some great ideas in the works for my next Micro.blog theme…
I’m doing localization work on mnml this week. If you’d like to contribute by translating some strings, contact me using the “Email” link in the footer. I could take the Google Translate route, but I just don’t trust it enough.
I whipped up a new Micro.blog theme that I hacked out of mnml this morning. I’m calling it smplr. You can fork it if you like… I don’t have any plans to release it as a Micro.blog community theme though.
Some mnml updates about to drop…
I just released a minor mnml update to make the theme fully compatible with the new Micro.blog Summary feature released yesterday, plus a little tweak to some photo grid css that was bugging me when viewed on mobile.
Happy to say that mnml already supports the new Summary feature @manton introduced today! No need to fashion your own summaries in the first paragraph and add a “more” tag anymore. I’ll be real happy once MarsEdit supports it too. (Ahem, @danielpunkass. 😬)
Ooh… How about being able to set more than one category for the mnml home page, like, maybe, Posts AND Photos, but omit others? I’ll neither confirm or deny you might be seeing this here already. You be the judge.
😅 Whew… I just added a ton of content to the mnml demo site. Undoubtedly there are typos and grammatical errors to be fixed…
Huge mnml Theme Updates
Saturday, January 18, 2025
The latest update for the mnml theme now offers users the choice between grid and masonry photo layouts and the option to display images from specific categories.
mnml Theme Update - Photos Page Redux
Friday, January 17, 2025
A new update (v2.2.1) for the mnml theme improves image loading and resizing, and provides a CSS trick to adjust photo grid width.
mnml Theme Update - Photos Page
Thursday, January 16, 2025
As I mentioned yesterday, I recently discovered that the photos page for my mnml theme was not rendering images on the photo page very well without using one of the plugins available in the plugins directory. I’ve released an update to version 2.2.0 that fixes this.
😬 Much to my chagrin, I discovered that the photos page for my mnml theme is not rendering photos very well without a plugin. Eek. This will be getting addressed tonight.
Another mnml update to v2.1.1 that gracefully handles a “more” summary break added to content without a post title.
Even More mnml Updates
Saturday, December 21, 2024
I’ve been a busy guy today. More updates to mnml are available for those using the theme.
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 →
Pushed a few minor tweaks to mnml that should show up in Micro.blog installed plugins shortly (v2.0.8). Keep an eye out…